Improved sirup-pitches



HENRY BULLARD, oF MiDDLE'roWN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters PetentNa. v74,663, dated February 18, 1868..

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONGER-N:

Be it known that I, HENRY BULLARD, of Middletown, in the county ofMiddleseir, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inSirup-Pitchers; and I'do hereby declare the following, when taken 'inconnection with the accompanyingdrawngs, and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a. full, clear, and exact deseript'ionot the same,and which said drawings constitute part ot' this specification, andrepre- Figure 1, a side view, and in Figure 2 a vertical centralsection.

This invention relates particularly to an improvement in that class ofpitchers employed feg` pouring sirup,

but is alike applicable to pitchers for similar purposes, the objectbeing to construct a cut-od' to prevent the drip from the spout of'thcpitcher. Various devices have been produced to accomplish this object,but none have fully accomplished the desired result. My invent-ion, bywhichI do obtain the desired result, consists in the arrangement of aslide atA thc outer extremity of the spout, operated so as to positivelycut off and prevent the drip.

In order to the clear understanding of my improvement, as well as toenable others to construct the same,

I I will proceed to a description thereof as illustrated inthe'a-ccompanying drawings.

` A isthepitchor, B the spout, C, the handle, and D the cover, of commonconstruction. Upon the outer ordscharge-ernl of4 the spout, I arrangea'slide, tuin proper guides, l), so that the said slide will move freelyup and down, across, and so as to close the opening ofthe spout. Thebest means which I have yet 'devised for operating the said slide is byalever, E, pivoted at d, and carried back to within suclirelativeposition to the handle C that the thumb of the hand grasping the handlemay beeirtended and placed upon the end, F, of the said lever, so astoraisc. the lever to the position denoted in blue, iig. 2, thus raisingthe slide and opening the spout, and when released from the depressionof the thumb, a s'prin'g,f, or its equivalent, forces the slide down andperfectly closes the opening of the spout. `The operation ofthe slide,thus arranged, will he readily understood by reference to the drawings.

In the drawing I have vshown the slide as operating-vertically to closethe spout. The position ofthe slide must, of course, be adapted tothepecliarform of the spout, and such adaptation those skilled in thisclass of manufactures willreadily perceive.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the slide or cut-oil` a upon the spout B, independentof the cover, and in combination with a lever and spring, as a meansoffoperating the said slide, substantially as herein set forth.

HENRY BULLARD.

Witnesses: v

ELMoIm PENFIELD, G. H. HULanRr.

